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• Re: Kelley Park, and other stuff
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 11:10:21 -0700
  ...There were some good examples of splitty trucks, but almost nothing later. I had the only Vanagon truck. I guess I should have come...
• Re: Westy brainteaser: Limbo Transporters By the Tunnel campout
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Sat, 17 Jul 1999 03:07:01 -0400
  ...1 minute. > Jim's Westy "GTI" takes 2 min. > Mark's splitty has lost 4th gear and takes 5 min. > Patrick's '71 hardly...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Thu, 1 May 2003 12:22:05 -0400
  ...Further, you can be assured that the resulting fires will be even more spectatcular than an early bay or splitty burning to the ground...
• Re: 13 Busses in Ecology Junk Yard (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:21:28 -0500
  ...I have provided a list of the vehicles which includes vanagons, type IIs and one burnt out splitty. The vanagon westy was the best...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:28:59 -0500
  ...The splitty couldn't go fast enough in stock form to be rollover prone, so safety was achieved through moderate performance. I came to...
• ramblings...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 19:52:27 -0800
  ...Made me feel like I used to driving my old splitty. The waver was a nice Country Homes camper on the Pacheco Pass Road...
• Re: VW Van Profiling
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:54:26 -0800
  ...Perhaps he had heard the story about the splitty that was sold to a new owner, frame packed with vintage ganja (how's that...
• Re: Fridae Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:38:20 -0700
  ...I used to have to change the timing on my air cooled |>> German cars...Beetle, Splitty Van and a 356 S-90 Porsche when...
• Re: Westy brainteaser: Limbo Transporters By the Tunnel campout
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:36:22 +0200
  ...1 minute. > > Jim's Westy "GTI" takes 2 min. > > Mark's splitty has lost 4th gear and takes 5 min. > > Patrick's '71 hardly...
• Re: Cross-country trip report
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:27:00 -0700
  ...and > I arrived in Flagstaff in an astounding (for a former splitty owner) > two hours and twenty-two minutes! > > After such a successful run...
• Picasso Moon Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:11:42 -0400
  ...Later that evening, one of the newer members, Smiley, fired up Rusted Root in his megawatt splitty (with strobe lights), and apparently offended some...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:02:33 -0600
  ...just "look and feel" mechanical stuff. > > My first ever van, a 36hp 1957 splitty, had ice issues with it's > throttle tube when I...
• Tour of the Emerald Isle
  Historical mailing list - Tyson, John
  Thu, 07 Sep 95 13:32:35 GMT
  ...There were plenty of vanagons in evidence from a Splitty spotted by the sea in county Clare through to the latest models. Ireland is...
• Re: Cross-country trip report
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:25:57 -0700
  ...and > I arrived in Flagstaff in an astounding (for a former splitty owner) > two hours and twenty-two minutes! > > After such a successful run...
• It's a Keeper! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:43:09 -0500 (CDT)
  ...There was a beautiful splitty nose, red & grey, chrome emblem glinting in the afternoon sun. Trying to compose myself I walked into the barn...
• interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Schmidt
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 21:48:57 -0500
  ...I liken it to the difference in driving an old splitty verses a modern machine. The 02 sensor gives the van that vintage feel...
• Re: Zodi Tent Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:34:21 -0500
  ...I ran some numbers for heating up the back of a Bus (splitty) from 0 F to 77 F (-18 C to 25 C...
• Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:09:54 -0400
  ...we passed 9 Vanagons, 3 bay windows, 1 Eurovan, but no splitty’s All were campers. This doesn’t count my friends 87.About...
• <F> Re: Taco Conversions
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:08:42 -0500
  ...I own a VW specialty shop in Maine (Bay, Vanagon, Eurovan, Splitty) with a staff of three (young to old) with a combined total...
• <F> Re: Taco Conversions
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:10:36 -0500
  ...I own a VW specialty shop in Maine (Bay, Vanagon, Eurovan, Splitty) with a staff of three (young to old) with a combined total...
• Re: Risk of fire?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 1 May 2003 09:57:06 -0700
  ...Further, you can be assured that the resulting fires will be even more spectatcular than an early bay or splitty burning to the ground...
• Re: Oregon Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:51:17 -0700
  ...the family 1984 Westy "Brownie" 1980 PU diesel 1978 Rabbit diesel 1979 Rabbit gasser 1963? 23 window Splitty 1965 Bus 1969 Bus 1959 Bug
• Considering SO-23 Westy - Input Needed (no real vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - ovalwindow
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:30:02 -0800
  ...But it's the nicest splitty I've ever seen outside a show, and the only thing holding me back at this point is...
• Air Cooled Search & Rescue Team
  Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 12:44:33 -0400
  ...We've all driven down a back road at some time, and seen the familiar friendly shape of a splitty or Bug, and wished...
• Re: Vanagon Cover
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:28:16 -0700
  ...the family > 1984 Westy "Brownie" > 1980 PU diesel > 1978 Rabbit diesel > 1979 Rabbit gasser > 1963? 23 window Splitty > 1965 Bus > 1969 Bus > 1959 Bug
• Re: Water pump premature failure
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:03:18 -0500
  ...Twenty + years earlier I had owned a splitty and a 1972 VW camper. So, thinking wisely, I called an acquaintance who owned a now...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 13 May 2002 16:37:17 -0500
  ...I like the look of the splitty but know after driving one I'd not be happy with anything older than the 70's...
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:00:26 -0600
  ...I liken it to the difference in driving an old splitty verses >a modern machine. The 02 sensor gives the van that vintage feel...
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:57:01 -0600
  ...I liken it to the difference in driving an old splitty verses >a modern machine. The 02 sensor gives the van that vintage feel...
• Re: 85 - Bucking and misfiring
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:51:40 -0700
  ...good luck, Tracy 85' GL "Ripple" 65' Splitty WVVW <wvveedub@NETSCAPE.NET> wrote: Greetings, I've been off the list for a while. Other...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:21:50 -0800
  ...just "look and feel" mechanical stuff. >> >> My first ever van, a 36hp 1957 splitty, had ice issues with it's >> throttle tube when I...
• Re: The two kinds of Vanagon owner..
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:18:51 -0400
  ...it to Baja instead of my 'regular' Baja outfit..usually a splitty, or a Ford pickup, or something simple....By the time we reached...
• Re: some observations on the power of an inline VW 1.8 liter (Rabbit, Golf, Jetta) gas..
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:11:00 -0500
  ...didn't have a choice in my old air > cooled 36hp splitty bus, but with the 5sp...I try to not lug the inline...
• how to read the Weakly Statz ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 22:21:46 CST
  ...yeah, i see SOME of your messages about how to fix this or that on a 1963 Syncro Splitty with 43" tires and eight...
• Re: Conversion Commotion
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:24:54 -0500
  ...Hey, you never know, lota splittys still out there. Your saying, well 'I plan on keeping this bus until its not worth fixing'. If...
• Re: Vanagons in California...(Splitties)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Weeks
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 22:13:42 -0600
  I grew up in a 65 splitty, white over blue, 7 passenger which my folks converted to what now would be called a weekender...
• Re: [WetWesties] Who waves at whom ? ?
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:38:02 -0400
  ...Aside from waving to all Splitty vans, I am sure every Westy owner questions the rational of waving to other non-Westy equipped VW...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:29:59 -0700
  ...I used to have to change the timing on my air cooled > German cars...Beetle, Splitty Van and a 356 S-90 Porsche when...
• Odd excuse for a Van outing..(quite long with no van technical, some slight rant off topic)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 20:00:23 -0700
  ...Being new to Vanagons (Had plenty of vans of the splitty variety and beetles up the gazoo..) it is wonderful to have a friendly...
• Re: Trip report
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 18:46:11 -0400
  ...we passed 9 > Vanagons, 3 bay windows, 1 Eurovan, but no splitty’s All were campers. > This doesn’t count my friends 87.About...
• Adirondacks Jaunt
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:11:04 -0700
  ...Even saw a splitty camper on the road, along with a couple of bays, a few Eurovans and three Rialtas. One curious Vanagon rig...
• Re: some observations on the power of an inline VW 1.8 liter (Rabbit, Golf, Jetta) gas..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:41 -0800
  ...didn't have a choice in my old air cooled 36hp splitty bus, but with the 5sp...I try to not lug the inline...
• Re: VW bus and beetle on Yahoo's 10 deadlies car list. Any thruth? Bay vs. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:42:05 -0800
  ...The splitty couldn't go fast enough in stock form to be rollover > prone, so safety was achieved through moderate performance. > > I came to...
• Re: Vanagon Cover
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:37:10 -0400
  ...the family >> 1984 Westy "Brownie" >> 1980 PU diesel >> 1978 Rabbit diesel >> 1979 Rabbit gasser >> 1963? 23 window Splitty >> 1965 Bus >> 1969 Bus >> 1959 Bug >> > >
• Reminder: Buses of the Corn - August 10-12
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 09:43:31 -0400
  ...Any year VW is welcome, from the barn door splitty to EuroVan. Bring a sunroof, camper, panel, kombi, double-door or singlecab. Vanagons & Rialta...
• 4 Westfalia Campers (& a Splitty) For Sale in Pa (LONG)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 17:54:54
  I now have seven VW busses, not including my parts busses. My driveway looks like a used Bus lot. I need to get rid...
• Re: how to read the Weakly Statz ... :)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 05:40:58 -0800
  ...yeah, i see SOME of your messages > about how to fix this or that on a 1963 Syncro Splitty with 43" tires and > eight...
• Re: The two kinds of Vanagon owner..
  Historical mailing list - vt
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:11:59 -0500
  ...it to > Baja instead of my 'regular' Baja outfit..usually a splitty, or a Ford > pickup, or something simple....By the time we reached...
• Re: Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:13:45 -0400
  ...we passed 9 Vanagons, 3 bay windows, 1 Eurovan, but no splitty’s All were campers. This doesn’t count my friends 87.About...
• More ramblings about 66 VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 14 May 2007 01:17:15 +0000
  ...More than likely you will get some stares and a look of "what the heck is that?" When you drive a splitty you get...
• SOTO/Classic Weekend (Part 2~Saturday-2L)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 19:04:56 -0700
  ...We (finally) arrived at the Garden Grove Boy's and Girl's Club and were immediately flagged around the long line of splitty buses...
• Re: Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:36:45 -0700
  ...36hp splitty bus...After cutting > the lid in half with a machette and making the holes in the bus with a nail, > we used...
• Re: Roadside Troubles while on Vacationing
  Historical mailing list - joe trussell
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:46:36 +0000
  ...1984 Westy "Brownie" > >> 1980 PU diesel > >> 1979 Rabbit > >> 1963? 23 window Splitty > >> 1965 Bus > >> 1969 Bus > >> 1959 Bug > >> > >> > >> On Jan 5, 2007, at 8...
• Re: Importing from Canada to US
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:08:05 -0800
  ...Plus we have owned everything from a splitty to a vanagon so far and figured its time for something really plush... Bill Monk Mystic...
• Re: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 17:48:21 -0700
  ...the most likely first VW van of the > average list member? � Splitty? > > John Jensen > johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com > http://www.johnjensenartist.com > bluesbug@verizon.net
• Re: Conversion Commotion
  Historical mailing list - Marilyn Nelson-Ehret
  Thu, 18 Dec 1997 21:58:53 -0800
  ...Hey, you never know, lota splittys >still out there. > Your saying, well 'I plan on keeping this bus until its not worth >fixing'. If...
• Re: Fridae Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:22:25 -0700
  ...I used to have to change the timing on my air cooled > |>> German cars...Beetle, Splitty Van and a 356 S-90 Porsche when...
• Re: type?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:40:45 -0800
  ...I drove "splittys" for seven years-it's new to me that people are calling them Vanagons now. I thought you might like to...
• Re: Zodi Tent Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:09:48 -0700
  ...ran some numbers for heating up the back of a Bus (splitty) from 0 F > to 77 F (-18 C to 25 C), which...
• Re: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Dann
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:51:54 -0800
  ...the most likely first VW van of the >> average list member? Splitty? >> >> John Jensen >> johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com >> http://www.johnjensenartist.com >> bluesbug@verizon.net